https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-bans-white-nationalist-and-separatist-content/

The social network had already prohibited "hateful treatment of people based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity or religion -- and that has always included white supremacy." But it hadn't applied the same rationale to "expressions of white nationalism and separatism because we were thinking about broader concepts of nationalism and separatism -- things like American pride and Basque separatism, which are an important part of people's identity."

But after consulting with experts over the past three months, it's decided "white nationalism and separatism cannot be meaningfully separated from white supremacy and organized hate groups."